<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I also use and like Diane's earplugs. = And also on pianos with weak trebles I find myself removing one = earplug.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Tvak@aol.com href="mailto:Tvak@aol.com">Tvak@aol.com</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 30, 2004 = 8:39 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Hearing = Protection</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Geneva = color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>In a message dated 3/29/04 10:29:56 = PM, <A href="mailto:sarah@gendernet.org">sarah@gendernet.org</A> = writes:<BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" cite="" TYPE="CITE"></FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 = size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>I have a pair of Diane's hearing protectors = and like them.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 = size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR>I also use Diane's plugs, but I do have = to take one out for the top octave because it mutes too much for me.  I also = have a set of custom-made musician's plugs, but unfortunately, my ears have = changed and they don't fit anymore!  (They were made 10 years ago.)  = They leave a gap that lets in the sound, so I've been using Diane's ever since.  <BR><BR>Tom Sivak<BR>chicago</FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>